Gabrielle Civil

Gabrielle Civil

Gabrielle Civil is a black feminist poet, conceptual and performance artist, originally from Detroit, MI. In summer 2014  she premiered “_____ is the thing with feathers” and reprised “Say My Name” (an action for 270 abducted Nigerian girls) at “Call & Response,” an innovative two-part festival of black women and performance that she organized at Antioch College. Other recent work includes: “Fugue (Da, Montréal)” at the Hemispheric Institute Encuentro in Montreal, Canada (June 2014); “Aide-mémoire,” at the AFiRiperFOMA Biennial in Harare, Zimbabwe (Nov. 2013); and a restaging of John Cage’s “How to Get Started.” Gabrielle is currently circulating Swallow the Fish, her critical/creative text on black feminist performance art practice. She is Associate Professor of Performance at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH. The aim of her work is to open up space. www.gabriellecivil.com

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Book Review: “Bear Witness to QTPOC Brilliance”

When the apocalypse arrives as revolution or colony collapse, when electricity fizzles and we’re all…

Remedios: Breaking the Frame: Dreaming Into the Urgent Now

After years of high profile, extra-judicial killings of black people, I was struck by how…

On Panic, Failure And Asking For Help

“Y ou keep writing these complex things and insisting on doing them, and then saying…

Heart on a Sleeve, A Performance

  Entrance A black woman sits in the audience with a handsome young man. He…

From the Hive: A Conversation by Guest Editors Gabrielle Civil & Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe

Gabrielle Civil (GFC):  Maybe we should start with how “Girls in Their Bedrooms” came to…

“Aide-Mémoire” (Bedroom Remix)

This performance was an excerpt from a longer performance of “Aide-Mémoire” premiered at the AfiRIperFOMA…